Pro-Euthanasia book Final Exit is also prohibited. Photo: Bryan Charlton

Most of the publications banned only in Queensland date back to the 1980s and 1990s, however 69 publications have been restricted in 2015.

In other states, Category 1 books must be sealed in a plastic wrapper and cannot be sold to minors. Category 2 books also need to be wrapped, and usually due to their explicit sexual nature they are only available in shops where children are not permitted.

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A Queensland Fair Trading spokesman said it was not illegal to possess restricted publications, although selling, distributing or advertising them was not allowed.

"The only type of material where the actual possession of it is prohibited by the Classification of Publications Act 1991 is child abuse material," he said.

A spokeswoman for Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath said there were no plans to change the laws.

"There have been no approaches to the Attorney-General on this particular issue and, as such, it is not currently under consideration," the spokeswoman said.

The Australian Classification Board has banned the sale of 3218 books across the country. The list includes illegal pornography and incest magazines, weapons and drug-making instruction books, and pro-Nazi literature.

Some of the banned titles include The Anarchist Cookbook, Kitchen Improvised Fertilizer Explosives​ and Home Workshop Guns for Defense and Resistance Volume 2.

State Library of Queensland literary coordinator Joan Bruce said the library housed 11 books which were restricted. The items are locked in a room and are unavailable for public viewing.

Several are restricted because they are, or are subject to, defamation proceedings. Ms Bruce said another book named Cannabis was restricted because of a complaint that it breached the Drugs Misuse Act.

An Australian classification scheme began in 1996, however Queensland remains the only state that has not adopted the national standard for all items.

Before the national classification board, Queensland had its own literary review panel which passed judgment on the suitability of books.

Items once banned in Queensland included Love Illustrated, a 1954 romance comic which allegedly fostered "erotic feelings in children". Another banned in the 1970s was The Little Red Schoolbook, which encouraged students to question social norms and had instructions on how to consume drugs and have sex.

"Because there was sex and school kids and the authors weren't afraid to use four-letter words, it shocked people," Ms Bruce said.